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- noun Plural form of
bark . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bark .
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Examples
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Their language came to Yattmur in short barks of sound, though they were too far away for her to distinguish what was being said - even provided that what they said was intelligible.
HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962
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Suddenly the dog stirred uneasily, sniffed the air and leaped to the gravel walk where it stood giving short, uncertain barks, as though aware of something happening outside for which it could not account.
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By the time the British higher-ups are looking for any weapons they can find, or plant, on the marchers – one captain barks “We’ve got to find justification” for the wanton shooting – it’s clear whose side Greengrass is on.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2002
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Researchers might not call barks “annoying,” but they call them “chaotic” and “noisy.”
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Researchers might not call barks “annoying,” but they call them “chaotic” and “noisy.”
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Some ships are called barks, you know, so that makes it all right.
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But their barks are the real thing - no Auto-Tune.
News 2012
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"What are you doing on our island?" he barks, which is hilarious for the number of times that different people have planted this same metaphorical flag.
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You see not only the criminality of his abuse of power but you see the dog that never barks, which is that he never says what would be the right thing to do, what would be good for the country? '"
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After several loud 'barks' this whale stopped to gaze at its own reflection in the lens.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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This was a Pentecostal faith in which the happy ordeal of being born again was called the ‘burning love’; speaking in tongues was considered a gift – variously known as ‘the barks’, ‘the jerks’ or ‘the Holy laugh’ – and parishioners were encouraged to rise and speak at any time, allowing God’s voice to pour out from within.
Ian Penman · Shapeshifter: Elvis looks for meaning · LRB 24 September 2014 Ian Penman 2019
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